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June 2009

Resources

→Teacher's Domain

• 1000 free media resources from public TV (including audio, video, flash interactives, images, documents and lesson plans)
• Able to personalize your account with My Folders and My Groups (sharing)
• My Groups - can upload and share
• Able to upload media you have created to share with other Teacher Domain users
• Searching
  • Grade range
  • Media type (QuickTime - if you don't have access to Quicktime you can download the video and then convert in Zamzar)
  • Permitted Use (download/download and share/download, share and remix)

Public Domain Images

• Public Domain Images Several thousand copyright friendly, public domain images images nicely organized in categories, free for any personal and/or commercial use, credit or back link is not required. Easy navigation for students and teachers, no registration.

Video Resources

• School Tube
  • http://www.schooltube.com/
• Teacher Tube
  • http://teachertube.com/
• My Brochure Maker
  • http://www.mybrochuremaker.com/flash.html

Miscellaneous

• Viewzi - one of the more unusual search engines.
  • http://viewzi.com/
  • For a full explanation of viewzi visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewzi
• Moo your url (a much cooler tiny url maker) http://www.moourl.com/
• Newspaper Clip, fun stuff
  • http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
• Shelfari http://www.shelfari.com/
  • Welcome to Shelfari! Shelfari is the premier social network for people who love books. Create a virtual shelf to show off your books, see what your friends are reading and discover new books - all for free!
• Fable Radio http://www.fablevision.com/place/radio/index.html
  • Peter Reynolds, author of "Ish" and "Dot"
  • You may also want to check out FableVision Place http://www.fablevision.com/place/index.html
• Wordle http://www.wordle.net/
  • Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
• Is the website down for everyone? http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
  • Type in the name of the website to see if it is down or if the problem is with the network or your computer.
• AZK12 Center http://azk12.org/content/technology
  • It can be a challenge to keep up with the latest developments in educational technology. The Arizona K-12 Center focuses on key technologies that are engaging, easy to implement, Band inexpensive. Learn more about blogs, widgets (like Voki), social bookmarking (delicious), digital images and podcasts.
• Voicethread http://voicethread.com/#home
• Meet Me at the Corner http://meetmeatthecorner.org/
  • View Dozens of Kid-friendly Educational Videos or Submit Your Own
• Make your own magazine cover http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/magazine.php

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• Speechable http://speechable.com/
  • Speechable™ is a free photo service that lets you easily upload and add speech bubbles to your photos and share them with friends.....
• Images4Education http://images4education.ning.com/
  • Will need to join....free!
  • "This is our space to share exciting digital possibilities to help learners develop 21st century multiliteracy skills through active learning"
• [[Blabberize: http://blabberize.com/
• Make Beliefs Comix http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/